
3rd graders beginning to read music and play it on the keyboard.


Kindergarten playing classical music with boom whackers & 1st graders using scarves to dance to classical music.



4th graders learning ukuleles & 5th graders using flip grid to film themselves playing recorder.



SCE PTA Updates: Boosterthon is coming soon & they will need volunteers. If you'd like to help either the day of run event, or with compiling daily prizes for students, please email SCElementaryPTA@gmail.com. The next PTA meeting will be Tuesday 2/15 at 6:30 pm.


The Birthday Book Club is celebrating January, June & July Birthdays 🥳🎂🎉





Check out these Kindergarten & 5th grade students and their dribbling skills. Keep up the great work, athletes!





Mrs. McDonald's Kindergarten students listen to themselves while using their "phones" during their literacy centers.




Thanks to Senior Engineer, Laura Alexander and Founder Jared Crooks, we now have 2 MakerBot 3D Printers from Jared's company, AM Toolbox. Our school will be able to use this tool to educate children and inspire them to love design and engineering as much as AM Toolbox does. Many thanks for this awesome donation!


The winner of the GOLDEN trash can this week is Mrs. Smith’s 1st grade class. Mr. Jeff says that they set a goal for themselves and have worked hard to achieve it. Keep up the great work 1st grade!


On Thursday, January 13, Matthew Curry traveled to Cape Fear Elementary to talk about his Science Fair project, Family Fingerprints. He talked to several different people telling them what he did to find out about fingerprints and what his results were. Due to this great presentation, Matthew was one of the winners for the County Elementary Science Fair. He will now compete virtually in the regional Science Fair in February.

1st grader Elani visited her old K classroom to read a book on MLK Jr. Elani is an excellent student and even better human being. She embodies the true spirit of treating everyone equal and with compassion. We can’t wait to see what the future holds for her.

The first winner was Animals of the Bible in 1938. The most recent winner in 2021 was We are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom, art by Michaela Goade. Find out who will be this year’s winner when the American Library Association announces the gold Monday, January 24, 2022.




A big thanks to Topsail Magazine for putting the spotlight on Superintendent Hill's personal path and the one he envisions for students in Pender County Schools to succeed.
https://www.topsailmag.com/a-clear-path-forward/


Check out some awesome art work from Kindergarten, third & fifth graders. We're so lucky to have Mrs. Hanson leading us in art class each and every day.




Thank you to @hampstead.kiwanis for helping out our awesome teachers with some of their grants. We are thankful for your support!


As a 1st grader at Surf City Elementary Addie Timaeus already has her sights set on college, just don't interrupt her if she's talking about it. She's a fan of nature and Mississippi Mud Cake and she's the latest Star News Pender County Student of the Week https://bit.ly/3mYIeOP


Congratulations to our GOTR and STRIDE teams. They had a great time at their 5K and all ran really well. Thank you to our wonderful coaches too for their guidance and support.


CHICKEN DINNER!! - It's possible considering these are the December winners in the Publix School Stars promotion. Each will receive a $20 Publix gift card because someone thought they had gone above and beyond at their school. Nominate here https://bit.ly/3uZshuO


The STRIDE (boys running) team is looking for a new coach this spring. If you enjoy running, this is the perfect afternoon club for you. Please direct questions to emily_law@pender.k12.nc


His goals are to get better at math and become a Marine. If he hasn't won you over, Stephen Andrejack lists "mom" as who he admires. Put it all together and you get this weeks Star News Pender County Schools Student of the Week. https://bit.ly/3J8BhnX
